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GLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 12, 1943
New Series Vol.51, No.25
L. HERRMANN
ASSES AWAY A
WISE FARM HOME
Had Lived in This Vicinity
Nearly a Half Century
Phillip Herrmann, a resident of this
community since the early logging
days, passed away at his home in
Wise, township Wednesday of last
week.
Phillip Herrman was born in Mun-
zesheim, Germany, October 30, 18G2,
and departed this life in Wise township, Isabella county, Michigan, March
3, 1943, at the age of eighty years,
four months and four days.
When a young man of nineteen
years he left his native land and came
to America aud lived iu Michigan
where he became a sailor on the
Great Lakes when practically all the
vessels were propelled by wiud power.
After about twelve years of sailing,
Mr. Herrmann went to the lumber
woods and helped to take out much of
.the timber of the vicinity of Meredith.
During the winter he would log and
in the spring he worked at floating
logs down the Cedar river to Saginaw.
For a few months of the summer he
would work on the farm, and it was
while working on a farm that he met
Miss Louise Renner, of Loomis, and
on December 22nd, 1892, they were
united in the bonds of marriage.
To this union were born one daughter and five sons. Mrs. Herrmann
passed from this life in 1920, leaving
the father and family without a
mother's care. Mr. Herrman kept the
family together until they were grown
and was to them both father and
mother so far as it was posible to do
so.
The deceased was a good neighbor
and highly respected among all who
knew him, although he never completed his citizenship in this country.
He took out his first papers, but a fire
destroyed his home and with it his
papers burned and he just never went
ahead to fully complete his formal
citizenship. He lived as a law-abiding
man in this country for some sixty-
two years.
Left to mourn the passing of this
faithful father and friend are the
daughter,   Mrs.   G.   T
Beaver Licenses
Can Be Obtained
in Clare County
Beaver licenses may be ohtaiBed
this season at the homo of Conservation Officer Wayne Tennant, in
Harrison, and the hides sealed there.
The season opens March 15th in
Lower Michigan and in the Upper
Peninsula- April 1st, and all trappers
are required to obtain a license before
taking beaver, and have the hides
sealed before they can, be sold, given
away or used and hot later than five
days after the close of the season.
Only residents of Michigan will be
issued licenses and the licenses will
cost $2.00 each and the seals $1,00
each.
Bight animals may be taken during
the season, two of which may be otter.
JACK KELLY DIES
IN ST. LAWRENCE
HOSPITAL FRIDAY
Well Known Tent Showman
Answers Last Cur-   .
tain Call
GAS OFFICES TO
BE MOVED INTO
NEWQUARTERS
Modern  New Location Is
Being Made Ready in
Next Building
Mervin Robinette
Lost on Ship in
North Atlantic
Mr. and Mrs. Coe Robinette received
another communication Monday from
the Government stating that their son,
Mervin, who had been reported missing, was lost on a Troop Ship in the
North Atlantic on February 1st,
Marlette, Mich; and the five" sons,
John, of Detroit, Leon, of Clare, Peter,
of Detroit, Adolph, of Marlette, and
Wilfred, at home near Loomis. Wilfred, the youngest of the family, and
but three years of age when his
mother died, has lived at home and
cared for his father to the last, doing
everything that he could to make life
easy and comfortable for the one who
had reared him to manhood. There
are three grandchildren. Mr. Herrmann leaves a good name and a large
circle of friends.
Funeral services were held from the
Thurston Funeral Home at .2:00
o'clock Sunday afternoon, with Dr,
John H, Hall officiating, and interment was made in fife Loomis Cemetery.
" George C. Wisler, local manager of
the Michigan Consolidated Gas Company, announced here this week that
the company had leased the Dr. C. B.
Wood building on McEwan street, recently vacated by the Mammoth Producing Corporation, and will move the
local gas oifice there the fore part of
April.
The building, which was built only
last year, will be equipped withj.be
most modern fixtures and furnishings,
.including a streamlined collection
counter with a beautiful highlighted
background. Seiter Brothers are the
building contractors.
A new linoleum floor has been laid
by O. H. Breen for the Clare Hardware & Furniture Company. All furniture in the offices will be of the
most modern design.
The rear of the building is being
equipped as a stock room and repair
shop.
The    Michigan    Consolidated    Gas
     Company and its predecessors have
Hurlburt,   otj furnished the city with gas since 191-
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Red Cross
Activities
and a continuous increase in business
has made it necessary for the company to modernize and extend its
office facilities.
Mr. Wisler will continue with the
company as manager and Mrs. Hazel
Hawkins as cashier and bookkeeper,
Sam S. Garfield, of the Mammoth
Corporation, has informed the Sentinel that their local offices will be
moved to Gladwin.
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Michigan lost a personage well
known to the adults and admired by
the youngsters of the past two generations when Jack Kelly, last of
Michigan's tent showmen, died in St.
Lawrence Hospital in Lansing last
Friday at the age of sixty-five ".years.
Known the length of Michigan asr
the leader of a dramatic stock company which annually played the„small
towns of the state in his own tents,
Kelly regularly started his tour af
Laigsburg each spring, swung through
the Thumb district and then headed
into northern. Michigan small towns
for the summer season.
Kelly, manager of one of the last
tent show troupes to survive the onslaught of the speaking motion picture, had been in the theatrical business for forty-seven years, his show
making a week's stand in Clare each
summer for many years. His annual
appearances here will -be missed by
his admirers of all ages.
Funeral services were held Monday
at 10:00 a, m. from St. Mary's
Cathedral in Lansing,
RURAL RENEWALS
ON KEROSENE AND
FUEL OIL PLANNED
New Program Removes Necessity of Driving to Ration
Board Office
SMALL COMMUNITIES
CONTRIBUTE TO BOND
SALES OF RETAILER
Michigan Retailers Average
$5,400,000 Per Month
Since July
CLARE UNIT
The Clare Red Cross Unit would
like to borrow or rent a sewing
machine to use at the Clare city hall
for Red Cross work. Anyone who has
a machine to loan or rent is assured
that the Red Cross will pay for the
transportation of the machine to the
Red Cross rooms, and back to the
owner. when no longer needed, and
that it will be well taken care of. If
you can accomodate the local unit in
this matter, please phone the chairman, Mrs. Stuart Bicknell, number
597.
The Red Cross Unit wishes to
thank all local organizations and the
participants in the bridge tournaments for their, generous contributions, without which it would have
been impossible to continue the work
of the unit.
The response to the recent appeal
for workers was very good and it is
hoped that all who can will come to
the Legion rooms in the city hall each
Thursday from 10:00 a. m. until 5.; 00
p. m., or for some time during those
hours.    Your  work  will  be  greatly
appreciated, not only by the workers,
but also by the boys in service, as is
evidenced by the following letter:
Hdqtrs, Section,
1606 Service Unit,   <•
Camp McCoy, Wise.
March 2, 1943
Clare County Chapter
American "Red Cross:
The weather man popped a 23 below
today, but the Red Cross Office here
handed me one of your splendidly
knitted warrd scarfs, ' "
Realizing the time and ' effort incorporated in producing this welcome"
addition-'to ray alive^Erab olothlngr, I    ' The'Ofder of Eastern Star-will hold
-wish to idf ''THANK "S:0"Cf^in"_i'i_r_at-' * - rummage' _al_f>' in   the- ttasotoic
big way; "Oft' the cimn^n-wspape- _!»_?;■' -Temple JFtiAtiy) -and "Bhturajiy, Mafcb:
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Since July 1, 1942, retailers of Michigan have averaged over $5,400,000
per month in their continuing sales or
War Savings Bonds and Stamps, according to Leo Russell, local retail
chairman.
"That is a pretty healthy figure,"
said Mr. Russell, "and all of us who
have participated in the program are
glad to have had a part in it. Only in
the month of August did our retail
Bond and Stamp sales fall below the
four-million-dollar mark. In December, about one-sixth of all the War
Bonds and Stamps sold in Michigan
were sold through retail merchants;
while in January, our share of the
State total was about one-eighth.
January sales by retailers were about
$5,250,000.
"It is interesting to note the part
which the smaller counties have had
in this job. 53- counties in Michigan
don't have a town as large as 10,000,
yet those 53 counties sold about
¥4,500,000 of the $39,000,000 which
retailers reported since July 1. That
is a great tribute to the loyal support
given- our State-wide program by
smaller communities. With/Out the
all-out effort of Michigan's 432 incorporated towns whose population is
less than 10,000, our State quota
might not be achieved. ....
"Officials of the Michigan Retailers
War Savings Committee.are aware of
this fact, and have expressed their
appreciation of the fine support of our
small-town merchants and their
customers.
"Nine of these 53 smaller counties
have already exceeded their entire
quota-for the year ending May,!, and
A program providing renewals to
rural communities on fuel oil and
kerosene rations went into effect last
Friday with a simplified procedure
being inaugurated, it was announced
by John F, Kessel, manager of Saginaw district of the Office of Price
Administration.
To carry out this simplified^ procedure, Form 1103 A lias heen supplied
to\ ail boards, with^the request that
those boards go through their files
and mail this form to each applicant
in their files requiring oil for the first
quarter on Form 1103. This will
effect a definite saving to the applicant in gasoline and tires.
With the new fonn considerably
simplified over the one previously
used, the general public is urged not
to rush into board offices requesting
rations but rather to wait until tlie
form is received by mail. Upon receipt
of this application, they will be able
to complete and mail it back to the
board, thereby saving any mileage
previously needed for the purpose of
securing action.
This type of ration will cover all
users of kerosene or fuel oil in rura:
areas, such as those requiring it for
cooking, brooder stoves, tractor fuel
and miscellaneous uses.
FROST TOWNSHIP
PICKS CANDIDATES
SPRING ELECTION
_________ ,
Two Sticker Candidates
Elected at Farwell
Monday;
The Farwell village election was
held Monday of this week with sticker
candidates Fred Binghain and Elmer
Godwin elected to. the offices of
village president and trustee, respectively. Other officers elected will be
found in an article on the Farwell
page.
The opening guns for the spring
township elections were1 fired in Frost
township last- Saturday when the
Union Party elected candidates for
township offices. Frost is normally a
one ticket township and nomination
as good as election. The ticket
follows:
Supervisor—Fred Clark.
Clerk—Milt Bringman.
Treasurer—Ralph Carey,
Highway Commissioner—Fred Cosgrove.
Board of Review—Frank Beam.
Justice of Peace (to fill vacancy for
two years)—Henry C. Norman.
Justice of Peace (full term)—Leo
Cooper,
Constable—Art Mills.
Other caucuses will be held throughout Clare and Isabella counties today
and through next Tuesday, the last
day to hold caucuses and also the last
day for registration of voters for the
April 5th election.
LOCALS TO MEET
BEAVERTON HIGH
N TOURNAMENT
First Games of Area Tournament at Mt. Pleasant
This Evening
The Clare High School Pioneers
basketball teani will meet Beaverton
in the Central'Michigan College of
Education gymnasium, at Mt.- Pleasant, at 9:00 o'clock this evening, for
their first game in, the 1943 tournament, which has been cut to area contests this year because Of war transportation requirements. Remus drew
a bye in the 9:00 o'clock bracket.
Gladwin and Harrison are matched
for the 8:00 o'clock game this evening, with Coleman drawing the bye.
On Saturday evening, Remus will
play the winner of the Beaverton-
Clare game at 8:00 o'clock, and Coleman will play the winner of the Gladwin-Harrison game, at 9:00 o'clock.
The winners of the Saturday evening games will play in the finals at
the Central gymnasium Friday evening, March 19th. According to the
"Dope," Clare and Gladwin should
play off the finals on this evening.
Wisnesky and Osburn, of Mt. Pleasant, will be the officials,
A good cheering section will help
the locals in winning this area tournament. They are depending on you to
go along and support the team.
CAPT. R. L. HARRIGER
AWARDED AIR MEDAL
FOR COURAGEOUSNESS
Decorated    for    Meritorious
Achievement in South
West Pacific
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
AND WARD CAUCUSES
The Democratic Convention for the
City of Clare will be held Tuesday,
March 16, 1943, at 9:30 o'clock P. M.,
(CWT), in the City Hall, Clare, to
place in nomination, candidates for
the following city offices:
Mayor,
City Clerk,
City Treasurer,
Justice of Peace,
and transact such other business as
may properly come before said convention.
fmmediately/fpllowing the City Convention, ward caucuses will be held in
the several wards as follows:
First Ward, Clare Elevator Co.,
office.
Second Ward, Jackson's 'Meat Market.
Third Ward, City Hall,
to place in nomination candidates for
Supervisor,
Alderman,
Constable,
and to transact such other business as
may properly come before said Ward
Caucuses.
Signed,
Elmer Osborn,
Harold Wyman,
Omer Parent,
22t2 Committee.
BENEFIT DANCE AND SOCIAL
A Red Cross benefit dance and box
social will be held at the Frost town
several others are almost up to the hall,   Saturday   evening,   March   20.
100% mark," concluded Mr. Russell.
0. £. 3. RUMMAGE SALE
Everybody Ib urged to come and have
a good, time. Ladles, bring boxes,
gentp bring your wallets', prepared to
be the highest bidder.
Opportunity..!mock_-M_ot'5on.e, but
several" timed;;; through -the* Sentinel
elateifled eolmptt-i., Ptoaae _5.
ORIGINATOR OF
LUMBERJACK
FESTIVAL DEAD
Funeral Services Held for
Frank I. Wixom at Eden-
ville Monday
Frank I Wixom, seventy-nine year
old utility magnate arid one of Michigan's most colorful public figures, died
Friday noon at Saginaw General hospital. He had been in poor health for
years.
Wixom, president of Wolverine
Power Co. he organized in 1923,
gained nationwide fame as the white-
haired benefactor who staged, until
the past two years, the annual Eden-
ville lumberjack festival, proceeds of
which went to several churches in
that vicinity.
The colorful outdoors event, usually
conducted in August, was presented
successively for ten years, until failing health prevented Wixom from
managing the attraction. Depicting
Michigan's lusty, golden lumbering
era. The festival offered Iog-birling
acts and many other spectacles once
part of the daily routine of lumberjacks in this vicinity.
... One of the festival's mainstays was
the famous lumberjack dinner, featuring tables laden to the groaning point
with succulent roast beef, beans,
mashed potatoes and fresh cherry pie.
The funeral took place at 10:00 a.m.
Monday at the Wixpm home at Eden-
ville.   Burial was made at Bancroft.
Ten Clare County
Students Attend
Central College
Of the eighty-three counties in
Michigan, sixty-three are represented
at Central Michigan College this
semester. Isabella, home county of
the college, leads with ninety-seven of
its sons and daughters attending Central.
Clare county, ranking tenth in the
state, has fifteen students at Central.
They are: Betty Hampton, freshman;
Barbara Houghton, sophomore; Winifred Kane; senior; Max Krell, junior;
Barbara Loomis, sophomore; Anna
Murphy, sophomore; Ruth Schug,
sophomore, all from Clare; Betty
Foell, senior; Albert Kidd, freshman,"
Olin Teachout, senior,, all from Far-
well; Mary Helen Bates; senior; Dean
Bucholz, freshman; Beverly Ann
Zubler, freshman; Ruth Zubler,
junior; and "Kathleen Hanipt6n,,.fre6b*
man, all fi-om Harrison.
Roll of Honor
for Service Men
Being Planned
Another plea is being made by the
Harrison Post, Veterans of Foreign
Wars and the Ladies Auxiliary, to
3end in the names of all boys in Clare
county who are in. Uncle Sam's, service. Also if there are any ladies in
service they want their names also.
The Post and Auxiliary are making
an honor roll and do not want any
names left off this list. This requires
the cooperation* of all parents, wives,
sweethearts, etc. If you know of
anyone in service who might be overlooked, send" their names to Mrs.
Ralph Eaton, Harrison, Mich. She
will record them on the honor roll,
Please do this at once, it will be
appreciated.
ORGANIZE WAR
TRANSPORTATION
BOARD IN COUNTY
0. E. S. NATIONAL
DEFENSE GROUP
MEETSJUESDAY
Assisting at Watch Tower
And in Salvage
Program
The following is a copy of a communication received this week by Mrs.
C. M. Harriger from Headquarters of
Fifth Air Force in the Southwest
Pacific concerning their son, Captain
Robert L, Harriger, Army Air Force.
February 20, 1943
Dear Mrs. Harriger:
Recently your son was awarded'the
Air Medal. This award -was made in
recognition of his courageous, fearless
service to his combat organization, his
fellow American airmen, his country,
his home, and to you.
Your son was decorated for meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flights in the Southwest
Pacific Area from April 6 to May 26,
1942. He participated in more than
twenty-five operational flight missions
during which hostile contact was
probable and expected. These flights
included interception missions against
enemy fighters and bombing planes
and aided considerably in the recent
successes in. this theater. Almost
every hour ot every day your son and
the sons of other American mothers,
are doing just such things as that here
in the Southwest Pacific. • Theirs is a
very real nnd very tangible contribution to victory and to peace.
I would like to tell you how genuinely proud I am to have men such as
your son in my command, and how
gratified 1 am to know that young
Americans with such courage and
resourcefulness are fighting our country's batle against the aggressor nations,
You, Mrs, Harriger, have every
reason to share that pride and gratification.
Very sincerely,
George C. Kenney,
Lieutenant General,
Commanding.
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
AND WARD CAUCUSES
Ar« yon \__-f*irting 10 -per cent ot
yoat _D«Ha-«ula 4he:jr>arc"«»w -of "War
Bond-?
The Republican Convention for the
City of Clare will be held Tuesday,
March 16, 1943, at 8:00 o'clock P. M„
(CWT), in the City Hall, Clare, to
place in nomination, candidates for
the following city offices :
Mayor,
City Clerk,
City Treasurer,
Justice of Peace,
and transact such other business as
may properly come before said convention.
Immediately following the City Convention, ward caucuses will be held in
the several wards as follows:
First Ward, • Johnston's Elevator
Office.
Second Ward, Hampton's Garage.
Third Ward, City Hall,
to place In nomination candidates for
Supervisor,      '
Alderman,    "'..'.
Constable,
and to transact such other business as'
may properly come oe'fore/said; Ward.
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...   .. Signed,    ' ■   ' '
John Hftnley,-"
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The National Defense Committee of
the Zenobia Chapter No. 129, O.B.S.,
met Tuesday afternoon, March 9th,
with Mrs. Greta Masten, chairman,
presiding. They decided to donate
$10,00 to the Nurses Educational
Fund, with the remaining proceeds of
the supper and program on March 2nd
to be used for Easter Remembrance
for the eighteen sons of Eastern Star
members who are in the armed forces.
Mrs. Masten was pleased to report
that in the two weeks since the committee organized, they have collected
1373 silk and nylon hose, 51 pounds
of waste fat, 100 magazines, afid 30
books, besides washed rags, rayon and
rubber. She also reported that thirteen Eastern Star members have
spent 676 hours at the watch tower
since Decemher 1,1942, but more members are needed in this work to
relieve the ones who are now spending their time there. Could you not
possibly give three or four hours a
week and help the war effort? If you
can, please call Mrs. Masten or Donald Holbrook's office.
Also, have you contacted your lieutenants about your old or waste
materials for salvage, or could you
spare one of your books for the book
campaign or magazines for the service
clubs.
Your lieutenants are Mrs. Elizabeth
Rodabaugh, Mrs. Nellie Feighner,
Mrs. Ira Fisher, Mrs. Neva Hampton
and Mrs. Ethyl Walton.
CLARE COUNTY AAA
OFFICE TO MOVE TO
ZUBLER BUILDING
Increased War Activity Necessitates Additional Room
for. Agencies
Car Sharing Encouraged to
Conserve War Trans*
portation
Maxwell Halsey, Administrator of
the State War. Transportation C0hser«
vation Program, has recently an*
nounced the completion of orgafliza-1
tion of the Clare County War f l'ans»
portation, Board, .-
The purpose of this board iS to eil*
courage in every possible way the
conservation . of all materials and"
efforis, vital to war transportation, in*
eluding motor vehicles, gasoline, tireSj
etc.
The unit schools of Clare county
have since September conducted -\
very commendable program of school
transportation conservation and local
firms have encouraged "share a ride"
activities among the citizens of the
community, but the State administra*
tion desires a serious county-wide
effort to expand and increase the
scope of th© "share a ride" program
throughout the county.
The township chairmen are request*
ed to form "neighborhood shopping
day car clubs" in their townships for---
the purpose of organized and systematic car sharing, whether the driver of
the car may be going shopping, to
church, to the movies, to work, to
school, or anywhere that two or three
or more persons may be going to ap*
proximately the same place.
Following is the personnel of the*
Clare County War Transportation
Board:
Chester A. Richard, Administrator,
Advisory Committee:'
Y."'lni-t Carpenter, Clare Count/
Board of Supervisors, Farwell.
Seaver M. Amble, Sheriff, Harrison.-
Wm. A. Henderson, Chairman'
Ration Board, Harrison.
Ben. Carpenter, State Senator, Har-
rison.
Alex McKinnon, City Clerk, Clare.
Conrad Walker, Chairman Civilian
Defense Council, Clare.
Stuart Bicknell, Executive Vice"
President Citizens State Bank, Clare.
Helen   D.   Hether,   County   School
Commissioner, Harrison.
-   Don»R. Luce, .MayOr, Farwell.
Lloyd1. Wagner, Michigan State
Police, Clare,
Township Chairmen:
Arthur, Ray Harrold, R-3 Gladwin,
Franklin, Chas. Woodry, Harrison,
Freeman, J. J. Beard, R-3 Lake.
Frost, Fred Clark, Harrison.
Garfield, Darius Scott, Lake.
Grant, Chas VanDenBergh, Farwell.
Greenwood, Chas VanBlarcom, Harrison.
Hamilton, Lewis W. Churchill, R-2
Gladwin.'
Hatton, Ed Moder, R-4 Harrison.
Hayes, Arthur Beemer, R-2 Harrison.
Lincoln, Francis M. Baker, Lake
George,      ^ .     .
Redding/Russell T. Miller, R-l Har*
rison.
Sheridan, Lewis F. Rutter, R-Jj
Clare.
Summerfield, Fred L. Jones, Harrison. ,
Surrey, Wilmot Carpenter, Farwell,
Winterfield, Lear Diment, R-2
Marion.
The new location of the Clare County AAA office will be the Zubler
building On US-27 at the south edge
of Harrison March 15th.
Due to the over-crowded condition
of the Court House and the need for
more room for AAA and USDA Board
activities brought on by the war production programs, the county AAA
found it necessary to have more room.
The County AAA Committee hope to
be better able to handle their work in
their new location and you will be
able to contact at their new office:
Robert C. Kleiner, Chairman of AAA'
and USDA War Board.
Franklin F. Littlefield, Chairman of
Farm Transportation.
Ortho Boulton, Chairman of Farm
Rationing,
Bruce Williams, new Farm Loan
Representative.
The first R.A.C.C. loan, was made in
the Clare County office Wednesday,
March 3rd, and the farmer left the
office with a check for the amount of
his need shortly after his arrival.
Mr. Williams and Mr. Littlefield will
be in the county office every Wednesday and Friday until further notice.
Finds Colonial
United States
Flag Recently
Paul Nass brought a small Colonial
United States flag to the Sentinel
office recently. The flag, which' he
found while remodeling the .Jesse
Lamphere home on East Sixth Street,
had the usual thirteen stripes,, but
only thirteen ^tars in the Heidi representing the original thirteen, colonies,
j Although the flag Is. faded, J trie, In a
very good1.tate of preservation. "... .,
Nurse Education
Scholarship Fund
Contributions made to the Nurse's
Educational Scholarship Fund during;
the past two weeks by Donald. E. Hoi'
brook, Mark Bicknell, Theo. Walling,
ton, Alberta Bicknell, Wm. H. Biek*
nell & Co., Clare Study Club, Goo#
Literature Club, Colonville Red Cross5
an American Legion Auxiliary brings
the total contributions to date to $196/
A $10.00 pledge of the Clare
Masonic Lodge, together with a ?5.0il
pledge of the Baptist King's Daughters, brings the total of contributions
and pledges to $210, just $40 short of"
the scholarship goal.
It is hoped that the required amount
will he contributed or pledged within
the next few days. Anyone desiring
to assist in this worthy and vitally
necessary cause is asked to .see Pr.est'
dent Mrs. Henry Garen or Treasurer
Robert Archambault.
CLARE FIRE DEPARTMENT
EXTINGUISHES BLAZE AT A. A.
WATER CONDITIONING PLAN!
The   Clare   fire   department   ws.6*"
called  to  the vicinity of the union
depot at 8:40 Friday morning of last
week to extinguish a fire at the Arnfc-
Arbor Railroad water treating plant,
• The plant is used to softe* wa..f"
used in locomotives and an o# fteatgr'
used in the building to keep the- wat,r'
from   free-ing  is   thought   to   hftite"
developed a. leak and started the flftg
i.which- damaged tlie1 fm.ld.ng to <__*
^eatlnwted extent- pt>4&$0- before ,*_..•,
„»liJ.MP!rt out.;_,i ••-• .   '.-S-'f /*>  '-Jif-.-y--